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The History of Intentional Fasting
Human beings have probably been fasting since human beings were human beings, but it was probably unintentional. The first strong evidence of intentional fasting shows up shortly after the first writings emerge in various parts of Asia, Africa, Europe. It dates as I say to the earliest human writing records that we have. Even did we start seeing fasting not just as a spiritual practice, but also as a medical treatment? That really began with the ancient Greeks 2,400 years ago.